The latest novel in the Badgers Brook series - Meriel Evans has worked for her father's estate agency since leaving school. She is happy, but knows it is time for her to follow her own path. She finds a new position but quickly realizes the owner, George Dexter, and her father dislike each other intensely. Neither will explain why. Their quarrel is so bitter it results in a secret from the past being revealed; one which threatens to destroy Meriel's family.